Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

The three characteristics - impermanence, suffering, and non-self - are not philosophical concepts but aspects of experience to be directly observed.

When you realize the emptiness of all phenomena, compassion will arise in your heart for all sentient beings who do not understand this truth.

Altruism is not a luxury, it is a necessity for the survival of humanity.

The nature of mind is like a mirror. It is not affected by whatever appears in it, yet it never fails to reflect everything perfectly.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

The difference between buddhas and sentient beings is that buddhas recognize their nature while sentient beings fail to recognize it.

To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.

The essence of the teaching is emptiness and compassion. Without emptiness, compassion can become attachment. Without compassion, emptiness can become cold and distant.

Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of these two.

Even if you speak of 'understanding,' this understanding is not a matter of knowledge. It is what fills the entire body and mind.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

Many people think excitement is happiness... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

The mind has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

The measure of success in spiritual life is how peaceful you are.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don't have - it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience.

Happiness is a skill that can be developed like playing an instrument or learning to read.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

True freedom is not the absence of commitment but the presence of choice.

Meditation is not an escape from life but a way to fully engage with life.

The four foundations of mindfulness are not separate practices but different aspects of the same practice of clear awareness.

The mind is like a well-forged sword - it adapts to all situations.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.